@tufts.edu's Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education welcomes @musaalgharbi.bsky.social next week, Nov 12 at 5:30 pm EST to discuss his book, We Have Never Been Woke, and the ideas and tensions shaping today's progressive movement. This free event is open to the public: buff.ly/6YCMmDP

On Bluesky I'm a weirdo for not having a Mamdani poster or referring to him as the greatest politician of all time or sighing at his charms. In a different dimension I'm hearing from a bunch of people who object to the column from very much the other end of things. thecjn.ca/opinion/zohr...

Gaat erg over de Amerikaanse context maar toch wel interessant stuk, hoor. www.volkskrant.nl/boeken/woke-...

You can check out the full Dutch-language interview with Gijs here: volkskrant.nl/boeken/woke-... @princetonupress.bsky.social has just published a paperback edition of We Have Never Been Woke. More info about the book and its reception is available here: musaalgharbi.com/paperback-ed...

Interviewed by @gijs-beukers.bsky.social for @volkskrant.nl (third largest newspaper in the Netherlands by circulation, for those less familiar) about We Have Never Been Woke. Links in next post

Interviewed by @gijs-beukers.bsky.social for @volkskrant.nl (third largest newspaper in the Netherlands by circulation, for those less familiar) about We Have Never Been Woke. Links in next post

Union members have polarized by education level, with non-college members now less affected by their union membership. Union members have maintained their Democratic partisanship only by becoming more educated over time journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Interviewed in @theguardian.com about the recent proliferation of schools and centers focused on civics, etc. (that have a not-so-secret goal of hiring more right-of-center and classically liberal scholars). My take: 🧵

"only about 5% of the variance in personality can be predicted from digital footprints, and personality‐tailored messages show negligible effects on behavior... When design and evaluation flaws are controlled, the combined end‐to‐end effectiveness of psychological targeting approaches zero."

"The public image of scientists is ambivalent: people generally trust their professional competence but question their morality... An area of major contention concerns the involvement of scientists in policy and politics"

Must-listen: CBC Ideas w/Musa al-Gharbi, who has written a book about the failure of progressives and there are some things there that we need to hear. I say WE becuase he very clearly is progressive and addresses his audience, as progressives using WE. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper? Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.

"Political monocultures retard intellectual progress, undermine methodological rigor, and erode public credibility." archive.ph/BUTTr

Good piece by @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social on fissures in MAGAdom. Captures the anxieties and simmering anger well. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

another @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social job opening! cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

"Contradictory findings persist in social sciences, undermining validity, reliability, and public trust in research. Practices such as open science cannot fully address this problem."

📢 American sociologist and journalism professor Musa al-Gharbi argues that many people’s “wokeness” tends to be symbolic and aesthetic rather than material.

Interview with Musa al-Gharbi in Sojourners

Musa al-Gharbi on Christopher Rufo, Richard Hanania, and "the cultural contradictions of the anti-woke"

Will recent demonstrations lead to more erosion of support for Trump or continued declines in support for immigration? In his op-ed ‪@theguardian.com‬ ASA member Musa al-Gharbi ‪@musaalgharbi.bsky.social‬ @stonybrooku.bsky.social‬ says it depends on who gets blamed for clashes. bit.ly/4l3Fbk8

If you believed its supporters, The Great Awokening was a vital movement for the cause of social justice. If you believe the critics, wokeness was a threat to western society itself. Sociologist Musa al-Gharbi has a third option: what if it’s mostly posturing, and doesn’t matter much at all?

B/c I’m one of those read multiple books at same time types, I’m also bout to crack open Musa Al-Gharbi’s “We Have Never Been Woke” Book flap says it’s about “how a new ‘woke’ elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power…without helping the marginalized” I couldn’t resist 💙📚

Low-end American workers experience tremendous month-to-month earnings instability despite stable wages because their hours vary so much with employers demanding a kind of “just in time” labor. www.christinahydepatterson.com/_files/ugd/3...

@musaalgharbi.bsky.social, author of We Have Never Been Woke (now out in paperback!), was interviewed for @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social's Ideas! Listen to the full interview here:

🎯🔪"If the unconscious motives of the non-elite can be studied scientifically, so can those of the elite." doi.org/10.1007/s111...

I don't think people are "betting against Bari Weiss" the concern is that she will succeed in transforming CBS News into regime-aligned propaganda.

If you missed my interview with @musaalgharbi.bsky.social, author of, "We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite" be sure to take a listen where you put podcasts in your ears bit.ly/Amalgamation...

I recently delivered a book talk at @uwindsor.bsky.social. Afterwards, journalist @nahlahayed.bsky.social sat down with me for a conversation followed by an audience Q&A. A lightly edited version of the talk and conversation is now live on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social: cbc.ca/listen/live-...

More about my book is available here: musaalgharbi.com/paperback-ed... Out now with @princetonupress.bsky.social

I recently delivered a book talk at @uwindsor.bsky.social. Afterwards, journalist @nahlahayed.bsky.social sat down with me for a conversation followed by an audience Q&A. A lightly edited version of the talk and conversation is now live on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social: cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Congratulations to @aspaglayan.bsky.social, whose book Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education was selected as a Winner of the @aesatalk.bsky.social's Critics' Choice Book Award! Learn more about this fascinating history here: hubs.ly/Q03Myyn20

I just listened to this podcast with @musaalgharbi.bsky.social and need to process with someone!! Why progressives may not be as 'woke' as they think | Ideas | On Demand | CBC Listen share.google/rrq9iVXb4bFN...

"a skeptical examination of ed schools reveals a century-plus experiment that failed, harming millions of students, particularly the disadvantaged"

I'm pleased to announce that We Have Never Been Woke is now available in paperback! It has a lower price point, it's smaller and lighter (easier to pack and carry), and has a new preface where I reflect on the reception and impact of the book. 🧵

This talk @musaalgharbi.bsky.social on CBC Ideas that just finished was super interesting. Give it a listen. Why progressives may not be as 'woke' as they think www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

open.substack.com/pub/musaalgh... @musaalgharbi.bsky.social

How a new “woke” elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status—without helping the marginalized and disadvantaged. @musaalgharbi.bsky.social's We Have Never Been Woke is now available in #paperback: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

In this new episode of Banished, @amnauncensored.bsky.social & I talk to debut author Adam Szetela about his fascinating, behind-the-scenes account of the effects of cancel culture in the publishing industry-- banished.substack.com/p/that-book-...

In general, if one wants to understand the culture wars, it's helpful to attend to specific cultural processes in concrete populations and institutions. That seems obvious, on the one hand, but it's rarely done. But it can be quite revelatory. Full post here, no paywall.

The "conservatives are from Mars, progressives are from Venus" framing of culture wars attribute many behavioral tendencies and institutional dynamics to specific ideologies -- despite the fact that people from the "other" camp think and behave the same way: musaalgharbi.substack.com/i/174760441/...

The symbolic professions are easily "captured" -- i.e. unrepresentative, unpopular and extreme views can easily attain institutional dominance despite their lack of support (even from many of the leaders who impose them). Why? Look to culture: musaalgharbi.substack.com/i/174760441/...

The symbolic professions are currently being steamrolled by Trump. They're also easily steamrolled by angry teens on the internet, foreign actors, and lots of other stakeholders -- despite having lots of resources to resist. Why? Look to culture: musaalgharbi.substack.com/i/174760441/...

Academic tenure was created to enable bold + ambitious work. It provide reals protections. Yet, tenured faculty self-censor no less than contingent peers and the process of securing tenure has become a conformity gauntlet. To understand why, look to culture: musaalgharbi.substack.com/i/174760441/...

Many institutions have immense formal freedoms and protections but are, nonetheless, highly censorious. Why? Because people are often far more concerned about social sanctions than formal sanctions: musaalgharbi.substack.com/i/174760441/...

Attending to specific processes of cultural transformation can shed profound light on how people behave, why institutions operate as they do, and which types of narratives and interventions are likely dead-ends. 🧵 musaalgharbi.substack.com/p/inserting-...

My latest for Symbolic Capital(ism) explores how many analyses of the "culture wars" largely neglect the "culture" part of the equation. Instead, many continue to run with the formulation JD Hunter initially formulated the concept in the 90s: musaalgharbi.substack.com/p/inserting-...

"Our key takeaway is that researchers (including us) may need to update our beliefs on the relationship between ideology and rigidity and move away from asking *who* is more rigid and toward examining *when* and *where* political ideology and extremism predict rigidity."

My latest for Symbolic Capital(ism) explores how many analyses of the "culture wars" largely neglect the "culture" part of the equation. Instead, many continue to run with the formulation JD Hunter initially formulated the concept in the 90s: musaalgharbi.substack.com/p/inserting-...

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